Browsing by Author "Lietz, Francesco"

Our objectives were to examine the well-being scales, to compare the levels of well-being and its determinants in Italian and Serbian samples of university students, and to find the determinants of self-rated health (SRH) among students based on data from Italian and Serbian household health surveys. In the first phase, 695 Serbian and 747 Italiansubjects were handled a questionnaire regardingmultidimensional well-being(MWB) and five sections: socio-demographic characteristics, personal goal appraisals, mental health, physical activity, and life style factors.In the second, 2482 Italianand 2143 Serbianstudents aged 18-30 were extracted from 2013 national health surveys in Italy and Serbia. SRH was the dependent variable while the independent variables were divided into sociodemographics and health behaviors.The difference in MWB and SRH between Italians and Serbians is in favor of the latter or not significant. Disconfirming the results from general population surveys, when it comes to young adults, Italians are certainly not happier or healthier than Serbians. Considering the cross-cultural reliability and validity analysis, the well-being scales can be used as a valid research tool in future studies.